[VIDEO] Caldor | Josh Daiek Navigates Personal Tragedy in the Wake of The Caldor Fire The summer of 2021 turned California into an inferno. Years of relentless drought culminated in the largest wildfires in the state’s history. The Caldor Fire ravaged the Sierra Nevada, destroying homes, ski resorts, and everything in its path. As the fire closed in on Lake Tahoe, professional skier Josh Daiek and the local community were forced to abandon their homes […] SnowBrains | November 22, 2024 0 Comments
Hiking Horsetail Falls, Desolation Wilderness, CA: Sunshine, Scrambling, Swimming Holes, and Storms Report from August 18, 2023 75ish degrees and partly cloudy is the perfect hike-to-swim weather here at high elevation. We decided a 4+ mile out-and-back hike to Horsetail Falls, CA, would be a great way to spend our day off of work. After a short, 30 minute drive from South Lake Tahoe to just past Sierra at Tahoe Ski Resort, […] John Cunningham | August 21, 2023 0 Comments
Kirkwood to Sierra at Tahoe, CA, Ski Race/Tour Transports Seedlings Through Caldor Fire Burn Area In 2021, the devastating Caldor Fire in Northern California wiped out over 220,000 acres of national forest, mostly within El Dorado County. It was one of only two fires in the state’s history to crest the Sierra Nevada as it raced up and over Echo Summit and into the Lake Tahoe Basin. Along the way, locally prized ski resort Sierra […] Industry News John Cunningham | July 26, 2023 0 Comments
The Once Impossible is Now Here: Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA, Will Open for the Season on December 3rd [arve url="https://youtu.be/sjNNzVn4nrY"] SnowBrains | November 14, 2022 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Sierra-At-Tahoe, CA, on Track to be 100% Open This Winter Following Caldor Fire It’s been just over a year since the Caldor Fire reached the Sierra-at-Tahoe ski area in California, taking hold in the West Bowl before reaching the mountain’s front side. Barring one celebration weekend, the resort didn’t open at all during winter 21/22. Related: Sierra at Tahoe, CA, Shares Update on Post-Caldor Fire Restoration Project, Says Goal is to Reopen All 46 Trails […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 14, 2022 0 Comments
1-Year on From the Caldor Fire That Destroyed 80% of the Ski Area, Sierra-At-Tahoe, CA, Looks Forward to This Winter [arve url="https://youtu.be/JtQnhZXEeFk"] SnowBrains | August 30, 2022 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
A New Sawmill Will Buy and Process Timber Burned by the Caldor Fire From Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort, CA The timber from Caldor Fire salvage and cleanup efforts at Sierra-at-Tahoe has to go somewhere—so why not repurpose it for a profit? A new sawmill is being built near Carson City, Nevada, and is expected to produce about 50 million feet of lumber per year with its first purchase being the scorched lumber from Sierra-at-Tahoe that remained as a result […] Fire Firebrains | August 17, 2022 1 Comment
Sierra at Tahoe, CA, Shares Update on Post-Caldor Fire Restoration Project, Says Goal is to Reopen All 46 Trails By Next Season View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sierra-at-Tahoe (@sierra_at_tahoe) Sierra at Tahoe only opened for one weekend in April last season. Damages from the ravenous Caldor Fire in August 2021 prevented resort crews from opening their mountain for any longer. There was just too much work to do. Related: Fire Damaged Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA, to Open For 1 Weekend […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | July 8, 2022 2 Comments
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